The past year has been traumatic for many of the volunteer tech warriors of what was once called the United States Digital Service (USDS). The… Read More »Former USDS leaders launch a tech reform project to fix what DOGE broke
A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, showed AI-generated footage of the senator gyrating with Democratic Senate… Read More »AI attack ad in Texas Senate race shows John Cornyn dancing with Jasmine Crockett
President Trump has revived a campaign promise to cap interest rates, but it is unclear how he will make that a reality.
Leaders at Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab confronted the startup's co-founder and former CTO, Barret Zoph, last summer about an alleged relationship with another employee,… Read More »The Thinking Machines co-founder's office relationship preceded his termination
Rackspace's new pricing for its email hosting services is “devastating,” according to a partner who has used Rackspace as an email provider since 1999. In… Read More »Rackspace customers are struggling with a “devastating” price increase for email hosting
WestJet, Canada's second-largest airline, backtracked on a new seating plan after videos of travelers crowded together went viral on social media.
The chief executive of crypto exchange Coinbase has scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after raising concerns, a sign of… Read More »Coinbase, the largest American crypto company, asserts its power in Washington
OpenAI plans to do that begin testing ads in ChatGPT in the coming weeks, marking a significant shift for one of the world's most widely… Read More »Ads are coming to ChatGPT. Here's how they'll work
TSMC posted a net profit of NT$505.7 billion (about $16 billion) for the quarter, up 35 percent year-on-year and above analyst expectations. Sales totaled $33.7… Read More »TSMC says demand for AI is “endless” after record fourth-quarter profits
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell this week tapped into a groundswell of support that has been years in the making.
Just in case you I didn't get the memo, everyone is feeling very Chinese these days. On social media, people proclaim that “You met me… Read More »Why everyone is suddenly in a 'very Chinese time' in their lives
“If we can't win on social media, then we certainly can't win on AI,” says Haidt.
The Trump administration agreed to cut tariffs on Taiwanese goods, while Taiwan said it would invest more in U.S. manufacturing.
The New York Times has published new details about an alleged cyberattack that unnamed US officials say has plunged parts of Venezuela into darkness ahead… Read More »Why I withhold assurance that “precise” US cyber operations disrupted Venezuelan electricity
“We always have many more people applying than we actually accept into our internship programs,” Madello explains. According to him, how many interns are admitted… Read More »The real AI talent war is for plumbers and electricians
